δάκρυ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δάκρυον (dákruon)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru. Cognates include Latin lacruma, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 (tagr), Old English tēar, Sanskrit अश्रु (aśru) and Old Armenian արտաւսր (artawsr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dá.kry/ → /ˈða.kry/ → /ˈða.kri/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dá.kry/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.kry/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.kry/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.kry/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈða.kri/

Noun

δᾰ́κρῠ • (dákru) n (genitive —); third declension

1. tear
2. Anything which drips like a tear: gum, sap

Inflection

Only the nominative singular δᾰ́κρῠ (dákru) and dative plural δᾰ́κρῠσῐ (dákrusi) are attested as being unambiguously from this form. The nominative plural δάκρῠα (dákrua) and genitive plural δακρῠ́ων (dakrúōn) can be from either this form or from δάκρυον (dákruon).

Derived terms

• δακρύω (dakrúō)

Descendants

• Greek: δάκρυ (dákry)

Further reading

• “δάκρυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δάκρυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δάκρυ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δάκρυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• δάκρυ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δάκρυ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δάκρυ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1144 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • exudation idem, page 298.
  • gum idem, page 379.
  • tear idem, page 859.
• Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache von Dr. Raphael Kühner. Erster Teil: Elementar- und Formenlehre. Dritte Auflage in zwei Bänden in neuer Bearbeitung besorgt von Friedrich Blass. Erster Band, Hannover, 1890, page 438, § 125

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Noun

δάκρυ • (dákry) n (plural δάκρυα)

1. tear (from crying)

Declension

Declension of δάκρυ

	singular	plural
nominative	δάκρυ •	δάκρυα •
genitive	δακρύου •	δακρύων •
accusative	δάκρυ •	δάκρυα •
vocative	δάκρυ •	δάκρυα •